Albin Counter-Gambit

Albin Counter-Gambit

The Albin Counter-Gambit is a hyper aggressive defense for black against the ever so popular queens gambit from white. Black gives up his pawn on e5 so that his d pawn can be nicely placed on d4. This pawn is a huge thorn in the side of white and there are many trap that come from the Albin Counter-Gambit that white has to be on the lookout for. One of the most common traps in the Albin Counter-Gambit is the Lasker Trap which punishes white if he tries to attack the pawn on d4 with e3...

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd1 Bf5
7. f3 Nb4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4
12. Rb1 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nf2+ 14. Ke2 Bc5 15. Nf3 Bd3+ 16. Kd2
Be3# 0-1

Ivan Sokolov vs Alexander Morozevich
Corus Chess Tournament 2005
Result 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Nb3 Nf5 7.a3
Be7 8.g3 a5 9.Qd3 a4 10.Nbd2 h5 11.Bh3 g6 12.Ne4 h4 13.Bf4
hxg3 14.hxg3 Ng7 15.Bg2 Rxh1+ 16.Bxh1 Bf5 17.Nfg5 Na5 18.Qf3
Ne6 19.Nh7 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 c6 21.e3 Nb3 22.Rd1 Qa5+ 23.Ke2 Nec5
24.Qg2 Qa6 25.Kf1 Qxc4+ 26.Kg1 Qc2 27.Qf3 d3 28.Bg5 Ne4
29.Bxe7 Nxf2 30.Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31.Kg2 Qc2 32.Bd6 O-O-O 33.Kg1
Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rh8 0-1

Emanuel Lasker vs Alexander Alekhine
1914
[Result 1-0]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 O-O-O 9. Qd3 h6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7
12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. b4 f5 15. c5 Qe6 16. c6 Ne7
17. cxb7+ Kb8 18. Bb2 Rd6 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rc2 f4 21. gxf4
Bxf4 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Bc1 Ne3 24. Rc5 Qf6 25. Qe4 Nxd1 26. Bxf4
Nc3 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe5 Qb6 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Re5 d3 31. exd3
Qxd3 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nb5 34. Re6 Nxa3 35. Rf6 1-0

Albin Counter-Gambit

The Albin Counter-Gambit is a hyper aggressive defense for black against the ever so popular queens gambit from white. Black gives up his pawn on e5 so that his d pawn can be nicely placed on d4. This pawn is a huge thorn in the side of white and there are many trap that come from the Albin Counter-Gambit that white has to be on the lookout for. One of the most common traps in the Albin Counter-Gambit is the Lasker Trap which punishes white if he tries to attack the pawn on d4 with e3...

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd1 Bf5
7. f3 Nb4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4
12. Rb1 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nf2+ 14. Ke2 Bc5 15. Nf3 Bd3+ 16. Kd2
Be3# 0-1

tis not a very solid defence thow

Ivan Sokolov vs Alexander Morozevich
Corus Chess Tournament 2005
Result 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Nb3 Nf5 7.a3
Be7 8.g3 a5 9.Qd3 a4 10.Nbd2 h5 11.Bh3 g6 12.Ne4 h4 13.Bf4
hxg3 14.hxg3 Ng7 15.Bg2 Rxh1+ 16.Bxh1 Bf5 17.Nfg5 Na5 18.Qf3
Ne6 19.Nh7 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 c6 21.e3 Nb3 22.Rd1 Qa5+ 23.Ke2 Nec5
24.Qg2 Qa6 25.Kf1 Qxc4+ 26.Kg1 Qc2 27.Qf3 d3 28.Bg5 Ne4
29.Bxe7 Nxf2 30.Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31.Kg2 Qc2 32.Bd6 O-O-O 33.Kg1
Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rh8 0-1

Albin Counter-Gambit

The Albin Counter-Gambit is a hyper aggressive defense for black against the ever so popular queens gambit from white. Black gives up his pawn on e5 so that his d pawn can be nicely placed on d4. This pawn is a huge thorn in the side of white and there are many trap that come from the Albin Counter-Gambit that white has to be on the lookout for. One of the most common traps in the Albin Counter-Gambit is the Lasker Trap which punishes white if he tries to attack the pawn on d4 with e3...

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd1 Bf5
7. f3 Nb4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4
12. Rb1 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nf2+ 14. Ke2 Bc5 15. Nf3 Bd3+ 16. Kd2
Be3# 0-1

A Karu vs Paul Keres
corr 1931
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit
[Result 0-1]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qb5 a6
7.Qa4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc4 9.a3 b5 10.Qc2 Nd4 11.Qe4+ Be7 12.Nf3 c5
13.Rc1 Nf6 14.Qb1 Qd6 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 O-O
18.Bf4 Qd8 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Qf3 Re8 21.b3 d3 22.e4 Bc3+ 23.Bd2
Qd4 24.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 25.Rd2 Rxe4+ 26.Qxe4 Qc1+ 27.Rd1 d2# 0-1